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    Marine Veteran Christopher Scott Louie, center, cuts the ribbon during a ceremony celebrating the opening of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System's mental health in-patient and out-patient facilities Aug. 28 in Long Beach, California. Also pictured are, from left to right, Dr. Larry Albers, chief of psychiatry and mental health; Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks; Walt Dannenberg, VA Long Beach Medical Center director; Dr. Sharon De Peralta, chief of Patient Care Services, Mental Health; and Stephanie Young, VISN Interim Network director.

    VA Long Beach celebrates opening of mental health facilities

    Department of Veterans Affairs officials celebrated the opening of two mental health facilities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 28 at the Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Long Beach, California. The mental health buildings – constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Los Angeles District and its contractors – include an 80,000-square-foot outpatient facility and a 40-bed, 82,000-square-foot inpatient facility.
  • The Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center modernization project is pictured July 15 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ districts in Los Angeles and Little Rock collaborate on the project, which included an emergency room, an intensive care unit and building additions.

    The LA District commander visits Air Force project sites in Nevada

    Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, toured several district military construction projects July 15, including site visits to Creech and Nellis Air Force bases in Nevada.
  • Lt. Col. David Weart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eaton Area Recovery Field Office commander, speaks to the crowd during an Aug. 14 ceremony in honor of the beginning of the debris removal at the past private property assigned to USACE that was impacted by the Eaton Fires in Altadena, California.

    USACE, partners mark milestone with final private property debris removal in Eaton Fire area

    Homeowners Beverly Outterbridge and her daughter, Tami, arrived early Aug. 14 to their property in Altadena. As U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives and contractors prepared an area in front of the burned-out shell where the Outterbridges’ home once stood, Tami greeted each person with a smile. “Welcome to our home,” she said, handing out a statement she had prepared to read at a ceremony later that day. The ceremony marked the start of debris removal at the Outterbridges’ property — the final private property assigned to USACE in the Eaton Fire recovery area.
  • Capt. Gregory Sacenti, project engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, center, leads a tour of the nearly complete Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center Aug. 7 at the Jennifer Moreno Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Diego.

    USACE leaders visit San Diego VA Medical Center to rally final push on Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center facility

    Senior leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Veterans Affairs met Aug. 7 at the Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus to review progress on the nearly complete Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center.